LEARN/CREATE (PT)

NOTE: When the Idaho Legislature is in session, programming on the Learn/Create and World channels may be pre-empted for live coverage from the House and Senate floors.

7:30 pm

Rick Steves' Europe"Portugal's Heartland"
Rick eats barnacles in an old fishing town, marches with pilgrims, and views riches of the country's Golden Age.G

8:00 pm

Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions"Miami, Florida"
Miami Florida is a sophisticated, subtropical city on the same latitude as the Sahara Desert. It has been described as the American city of the future. There's fun in the sun but there's also a major infusion of performing arts. D

Burt Wolf: What We Eat"How Sweet It Is: The Story of Sugar"
Sugar started out in Asia, traveled to the Middle East and then to Europe first as a medicine and then as a rare spice. During his second voyage in 1493, Columbus brought it to the Caribbean where it changed into a common necessity, became a key element in the Caribbean slave trade and an early example of capitalist manufacturing. We'll find out why people who had a sweet tooth had a better chance of surviving than people who didn't and how sugar became the basis for England's international trade, a key element in the control of Britain's working class, and an essential part of the temperance movement. D

10:00 pm

Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence"Ticket to Provence"
Joanne and her student Sasha are transported to Provence using herbs, citrus, and garlic. Joanne begins with a bright fresh citrus salad and then working together they create a very classic country, yet refined, dish of braised cod with leeks and potato. Recipes: Citrus Salad with Mint and Red Onions, Cod Braised with Leeks, Potatoes and Thyme, and Roasted Garlic Slab. D

10:30 pm

Rick Steves' Europe"Portugal's Heartland"
Rick eats barnacles in an old fishing town, marches with pilgrims, and views riches of the country's Golden Age.G

11:00 pm

Habitable Planet, The"Biodiversity Decline"
Species are being lost at a rapid rate in rainforests and coral reefs. Yet many species still have not been discovered. Tropical scientists struggle to keep ahead of the bulldozers as they work to understand this complex ecosystem. D

11:30 pm

Habitable Planet, The"Energy Challenges"
Global energy use increases by the day. Polluting the atmosphere with ever more carbon dioxide is not a viable solution for our future energy needs. Can new technologies such as carbon sequestration and ethanol production help provide the energy we need without pushing the concentrations of CO2 to dangerous levels?G